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  • Mammoth

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    While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid’s family struggles to deal with her absence.

  • Heavenly Touch

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    Jonard is having trouble making ends meet. His mother is suffering from depression, and he and his sister are forced to quit school in order to take care of her. One day, Jonard meets up his friend Rodel, and Rodel introduces him to the world of massage parlors. Rodel teaches him massage, and brings him…

  • Machete Maidens Unleashed!

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    In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very permissive attitude towards cultural expression. As a result, it became a…

  • Cry ‘Havoc’

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    The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn’t what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.

  • Amigo

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    Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael’s brother is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with…

  • Rigodon

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    A heartbroken young woman begins a sexual relationship with a struggling artista, not knowing that her new beau is already married. As the truth comes out, obsession and jealousy bring pain into all their lives.

  • Pagpag: Nine Lives

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    The movie follows a group of teenagers that are terrorized by an evil spirit. The film revolves around the traditional Filipino belief that one should never go home directly after visiting a wake since it risks bringing evil spirits or the deceased to one’s home.

  • Must Be… Love

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    A young woman develops romantic feelings for her best friend, but problems arise when another gal enters the picture.

  • Wailings in the Forest

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    An indigenous family, one of the last forest people of old, copes with the unusual changes in their environment including the imposing lifestyle and customs of the more sociable tribes on the plains.

  • Heneral Luna

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    A Filipino general who believes he can turn the tide of battle in the Philippine-American war. But little does he know that he faces a greatest threat to the country’s revolution against the invading Americans.

  • Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo

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    A young neighbourhood underdog or a “patalo” who assembles an unlikely team of losers to join her in the ultimate battle for the streets: patintero.

  • Paglipay

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    An Aeta from Baytan village in Zambales makes a living from cutting down and burning of trees and hunting on the foothills of Mt. Pinatubo.

  • Si Magdalola at ang Mga Gago

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    Drug-dealing and sex-starved goons mistakenly disturbs the peaceful lives of a frail witch and her grandchild in a remote town in the mountains.

  • Echorsis

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    A young hustler takes advantage of the love of a gay man, and pays consequences for it in the form of a demonic possession.

  • Elemento

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    A young boy comes back from a field trip in the woods with something inside him. His mother must resort to supernatural means to save her son and herself.

  • XXX

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    A seamstress turned beauty queen turned seamstress once more recounts her ascent and subsequent descent in the local beauty pageant scene.

  • Die Beautiful

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    Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, but her conservative father wants to bury her as a man.

  • Dismay

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    A self-made farmer and rice mill owner who faces a rebellion by his two sons when he installs his young mistress as the new woman of the house immediately after the death of his wife. Complicating matters further is the fact that the older son is already living with his common-law wife in the same…

  • Just the 3 of Us

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    An unlikely love story between polar opposites Uno and CJ two strangers, and how one night changes their lives forever. Unforeseen circumstances collide and force Uno and CJ to live under the same roof as they both deal with their sense of responsibility and their yearning for security. Uno is motivated by his sense of…

  • Finally Found Someone

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    Aprilyn who is left by his groom on the day of their wedding becomes viral online. Devastated, she meets Raffy who works at a PR agency hired by the father of the groom who will help her move on.

  • Can We Still Be Friends?

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    Digs a no fuss, no frills kind of guy and idealistic achiever Sam who are friends turned lovers turned exes. Their relationship as a couple lasted for almost eight years until they both decided on an amicable breakup.